Combined cigar-cutter and match-box



(No Model.)-

C. S. ALDEN.

COMBINED CIGAR. CUTTER A ND MATCH BOX- No. ss4;405. Patented Jan-2; 1Q,1886 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. ALDEN, OF ROCHESTER NEW YORK.

COMBINED CIGAR-CUTTER AND MATCH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,405, dated January19,1886.

Application filed October 19, 1885. Serial No. 180,260. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. ALDEN, of the city of Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Combined Match-Boxes and Cigar-Tip Gutters; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had tothe drawings accompanyingthis application.

My invention consists of a box for holding matches, a permanent covercovering one-half of the top of the box, and provided with a hole toreceive the tip of a cigar, a chamber beneath the hole, which opens outthrough the side of the box to discharge the cut tip, and a cutterpivoted on the under side of the cover to cut the tip, said cutterprovided with an extension which, when closed, covers the remainder ofthe top of the box, all as here, inafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same with the cutter closed over the top of the box.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section in line row of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a plan view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the cutter thrown open.Fig. 5-is a vertical cross-sec tion of the top of the box in line y y ofFig. 2.

A shows the box, which is of ordinary construction, having a closedbottom, a, and a fixed half-cover, B, that covers one-half the top ofthe box, the other half ofthe top being open for the purpose ofinserting and removing the matches. In this permanent cover is made'acircular hole, 0, of sufficient size to receive the tip of a cigar to becut off. Under this permanent cover is a box or chamber, d, which opensout through the side of the box on one side, by which means the tips ofthe cigars will fall out as fast as cut off,and will not go into thebox.

O is a cutter, pivoted at f on the under side of the permanent cover,and running in a slot L between the cover and the top of the box.

The cutter is provided with a sharp cuttingedge, that comes in line withthe hole 0, by

which means the cigar-tip is cut off when the cutter is closed. Thecover is also provided with an extension, 71, of the same size and shapeas the opening in the top of the box, by which means it forms a cover tothe said opening when the cutter is closed. The end of this extension isslightly offset,and is milled to form afinger-hold to open the cutter,as shown at 70. At the opposite or rear end the cutter has a shoulder,1, which, when the cutter is opened to the fullest extent, strikes astop, in, of the top of the box, thus gaging the opening of the cutter.

By the construction above described the matches can be inserted andremoved through that portion of the top of the box that is open, and thewhole box can be filled under the discharge-chamber (I, while the holein the permanent cover allowsa cigar-tip to be inserted and ,cut off bythe cutter and discharged through the side passage without interferingwith the matches.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The box for holding matches, the permanent cover attached to the box,covering onehalf of its top and provided with a hole for the insertionof the tip of a cigar, the chamber under the hole, opening through theside of the box for discharging the cut tip, andthe cutter pivoted onthe under side of the cover for cutting the tip and provided with anextension which, when the cutter is closed, covers the remainder of thetop of the box, the whole constructed to operate in the man- Her and forthe purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

O. S. ALDEN.

\Vitnesses:

E. STARING, R. F. OSGOOD.

